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Wednesday, July 27, 2005
`BAND camp for IBM concent!!

wah.. juz camp back from camp only.. now my brain full of good memories... its a four days three night camp called "IBM MUSICAL TRAINING CAMP".. wanna hear? OkiE here goes..

24/7/05
today afternoon pack my bag get ready for camp lo.. hmm den 5pm we all gather in our band room.. put out bags in T11 den quickly go for dinner.. den i eat half way only our lao ban come leh no choice.. throw away lor.. den quickly go for practice.. woodwinds sectional with lao ban starts at 6pm mah.. den until 7.30pm change to brass den we woodwinds go for sectional.. hmm sectional until 10pm we wait for everyone to get ready for AGM-->annual general meeting., the meeting quite long end at 12 ba -->i think.. hmm.. den all freshman hav to gather at FC5 do the banner den until about 3plus den we go n bathe.. 4am den slp.. zzZZzz...

25/7/05
wah last night super cold lor.. nv sleep well i think at most only sleep 2 hours.. we hav to wake up at 8am.. den wash up le go for practice again.. this morning is combine practice for freshman band that means only freshman is playing in the band aiya of coz got one or two seniors help la.. den until 12pm we went for lunch lor.. wah so food so nan chi the fish n vege same as last night only one thing different is the egg change to fish balls.. haha.. after tat sectionals until 3.30pm combine practice for the graduation performance which is tml.. 28/7/05 but den i not involve so sit behind the band listen to them play.. until 5.30pm is dinner.. after dinner whole band combined practice with lao ban again until 10.30pm.. den got free time.. wah very tired go went to bathe den slp at 1plus plus..

26/7/05
third day le.. everyone very tired.. for me still okay.. we slp until 8 den our band president come and wake us up.. so not willing to wake up lor.. den wash up le go for woodwinds sectional with lao ban.. after tat brass sectionals we ownself sectional lor.. until 1pm we hav our IBM quiz.. me score 16/20 den clarinet section average is 15.3/20 lor.. haha.. den we hav our lunch at 1.30pm after lunch is the maintencenance of instruments lor.. we are given silver cloth-->izzit spell like tat? ermm..n also powder paper n cigarate paper lor.. oh yah n cotton bud.. clean our clarinet.. wah everyone's clarinet very shiny leh haha.. actually after this suppose to be our sectional de but we only practiace our section piece den go slack le.. cuz ah beng, our 1st clari player, mouth bleed leh.. everyone so tired even my mouth also pain.. den we cant play well so our SL let us relax for the rest of the day until our comepetition.. den we three gals go back to T11 to rest.. wah i saw a guy slp on top of my sleeping bag.. cuz i put my soft toy inside my sleeping bag den he slp on it my soft toy flat le la.. so bad.. luck he turn away if not my soft toy really flat le.. haha.. den realise he look abit like him leh from side view la.. make me miss him only.. hai.. den we chat until 6 plus go change into our t-shirt.. hehe i really really like our t-shirt lor so cute we print ourselves de.. clarinet section total got 18 ppl.. so each person t-shirt got one alphbet for "CLARINET SECTION,05" cute leh den from the position we stand in our competition me got the letter 'N' hehe very cute N.. rebecca help me draw de.. den cindy also got help me paint hehehe.. thanks!! okay back to 27/05.. hmm we get ready le go to band room tune our clarinet lor.. everyone so nervous but during tat time i not nervous.. no feeling de.. mind totally blank.. den when the judgers arrived.. we get ready our clarinet n scores.. den sit at one side to wait for our turn.. total got 12 groups.. clarinet is the fourth group to perform lor.. the performance very good.. every section do their very best n hav put in their effort.. when its our turn to perform.. we began feeling nervous.. very nervous.. missed some notes.. luck not obvious haha wei loong say de.. say i dun look nervous but inside super nervous.. hmm for the performance wat i can say de is tat i really done my very best.. during practice i didnt play so well as in i cant hold those notes for so many bars n den performance i actually did it!!! hooray!! u know wat we got 2nd!!!!!! OMG!! actually before they annouce the result each judgers give their comments (total 3) den all of them say our section this not good tat no good.. at first we tot we no chance le at most got third or dun hav.. somemore when they anouce the result percussion got third.. we so surprise.. cuz they played so well we tot they either get 1st or 2nd de.. den all of us tot tat even precussion also get third tat means we no chance le lor.. den when they annouce the 2nd position is clarinet.. we really cant believe our ears.. of coz we screamed.. ahhhHHHH!!!! yeah man.. 3 cheers n 3 cheers n 3 cheers for cindy! hiphiphooray! hiphiphooray!! hiphiphoorray!!! yeah!! so happy n touched tat cindy cried on the spot.. yah i nearly cry too.. we were so happy.. hmm oh yah not forgeting the first is flute section.. den after everthing end we took some photos.. den many section went to clementi to eat.. our section go n celebrate.. hehe.. we took MRT to clementi there eat den chat chat.. after tat go play pool.. haha.. my skill drop le.. maybe too tired le ba.. play until the place close which is at 1am den we walk back to sch.. we reach sch of coz the gate all close le.. so we climb the gate lor.. haha.. funny leh everyone there wear black haha.. also everyone scared being caught den we walk quietly back to foodcourt 5 lor.. den we went to bathe den go FC5 do the banner.. not much things to do le.. so i sit on the bench there chat with wei loong.. half asleep half awake de lor.. haha about 4am den go slp.. wat a nice n long day for me..

27/5/05
last day of camp.. so tired cuz last night so late den slp.. everyone started to pack their bag so noisy.. wake up at 8 plus.. pack my things den go wash up.. combine practice start at 9 ends at 12.3o den we got out debrief until 1.30pm den the camp offically ended.. yah.. of coz went stright home.. actually suppose to go do project at tamp de but den my frenz know i very tired so ask me stay at home rest.. thanks!!

okay.. as u can see this camp is so tiring.. intense training leh dun play play.. haha tats all i going to slp now.. night! zzZzz...

This is the picture we took before the competition....
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This is the picture we took after the results were announced..
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This is our IBM concert banner...
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Juz LeeN ♥ 3:34 PM